Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men - John Chatterton and John Mattera - are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. While he was at large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the 17th century, Bannister's exploits would have been more notorious than Blackbeard's, more daring than Kidd's, but his story and his ship have been lost to time.

5 out of 5 stars

Pure Gold

By
Mel
on
06-24-15

Rocket Men

The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

By:
Robert Kurson

Narrated by:
Ray Porter,
Robert Kurson

Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
146

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
137

Story

5 out of 5 stars
138

In early 1968, the Apollo program was on shaky footing. President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline to put a man on the moon was in danger, and the Soviets were pulling ahead in the space race. By August 1968, with their back against the wall, NASA decided to scrap their usual methodical approach. With just a few months to prepare, they would send a crew to the Moon by December 1968. In a year of dramatic violence and discord - the Tet offensive, the assassinations of MLK and RFK, the Chicago DNC riots - the Apollo 8 mission was a stark test of what America was capable of.

5 out of 5 stars

The Men Who Saved 1968

By
Gillian
on
04-04-18

The Last Dive

A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths

By:
Bernie Chowdhury

Narrated by:
L. J. Ganser

Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half day's mission from New York Harbor. In doing so they paid the ultimate price in their quest for fame.

4 out of 5 stars

Misleading title

By
Carl Schumann
on
01-02-17

Where Divers Dare

The Hunt for the Last U-Boat

By:
Randall Peffer

Narrated by:
James Patrick Cronin

Length: 9 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
60

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
53

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
53

In the tradition of
Shadow Divers, the story of the courageous men who dived on the last sunken U-Boat off the Eastern Seaboard. On April 16, 1944, the tanker SS
Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the U-550. In return the sub was sent to the bottom by three destroyer escorts that were guarding the convoy. For more than 60 years the location of the U-boat's wreck eluded divers. In 2012 a team found it.

4 out of 5 stars

great story but at times a little too much...

By
Anthony Karis
on
02-28-18

Empire of Blue Water

By:
Stephan Talty

Narrated by:
John H. Mayer

Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
626

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
442

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
438

He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades and brought it to its knees. This is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean. Henry Morgan, a 20-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean became legendary. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish empire on land and at sea determined the fates of kings and queens, and his victories helped shape the destiny of the New World.

5 out of 5 stars

Morbid Terrorists?

By
Jack
on
11-11-08

Titanic's Last Secrets

The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler

By:
John Chatterton,
Richie Kohler,
Brad Matsen

Narrated by:
Henry Leyva

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Abridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
98

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
47

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
48

Why did
Titanic sink as quickly as it did? Two of the greatest wreck divers in the world, the heroes of
Shadow Divers, solve the mystery of history's greatest wreck.
Titanic's Last Secrets peers into the lives of scientists, financiers, adventurers, and industrialists to bring listeners a thrilling and revelatory work of history and contemporary adventure.

3 out of 5 stars

Not much diving but interesting story

By
Jonas
on
10-17-08

Pirate Hunters

Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

By:
Robert Kurson

Narrated by:
Ray Porter

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,986

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,756

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,750

Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men - John Chatterton and John Mattera - are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. While he was at large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the 17th century, Bannister's exploits would have been more notorious than Blackbeard's, more daring than Kidd's, but his story and his ship have been lost to time.

5 out of 5 stars

Pure Gold

By
Mel
on
06-24-15

Rocket Men

The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

By:
Robert Kurson

Narrated by:
Ray Porter,
Robert Kurson

Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
146

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
137

Story

5 out of 5 stars
138

In early 1968, the Apollo program was on shaky footing. President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline to put a man on the moon was in danger, and the Soviets were pulling ahead in the space race. By August 1968, with their back against the wall, NASA decided to scrap their usual methodical approach. With just a few months to prepare, they would send a crew to the Moon by December 1968. In a year of dramatic violence and discord - the Tet offensive, the assassinations of MLK and RFK, the Chicago DNC riots - the Apollo 8 mission was a stark test of what America was capable of.

5 out of 5 stars

The Men Who Saved 1968

By
Gillian
on
04-04-18

The Last Dive

A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths

By:
Bernie Chowdhury

Narrated by:
L. J. Ganser

Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
63

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
58

Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half day's mission from New York Harbor. In doing so they paid the ultimate price in their quest for fame.

4 out of 5 stars

Misleading title

By
Carl Schumann
on
01-02-17

Where Divers Dare

The Hunt for the Last U-Boat

By:
Randall Peffer

Narrated by:
James Patrick Cronin

Length: 9 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
60

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
53

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
53

In the tradition of
Shadow Divers, the story of the courageous men who dived on the last sunken U-Boat off the Eastern Seaboard. On April 16, 1944, the tanker SS
Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the U-550. In return the sub was sent to the bottom by three destroyer escorts that were guarding the convoy. For more than 60 years the location of the U-boat's wreck eluded divers. In 2012 a team found it.

4 out of 5 stars

great story but at times a little too much...

By
Anthony Karis
on
02-28-18

Empire of Blue Water

By:
Stephan Talty

Narrated by:
John H. Mayer

Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
626

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
442

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
438

He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades and brought it to its knees. This is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean. Henry Morgan, a 20-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean became legendary. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish empire on land and at sea determined the fates of kings and queens, and his victories helped shape the destiny of the New World.

5 out of 5 stars

Morbid Terrorists?

By
Jack
on
11-11-08

Titanic's Last Secrets

The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler

By:
John Chatterton,
Richie Kohler,
Brad Matsen

Narrated by:
Henry Leyva

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Abridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
98

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
47

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
48

Why did
Titanic sink as quickly as it did? Two of the greatest wreck divers in the world, the heroes of
Shadow Divers, solve the mystery of history's greatest wreck.
Titanic's Last Secrets peers into the lives of scientists, financiers, adventurers, and industrialists to bring listeners a thrilling and revelatory work of history and contemporary adventure.

3 out of 5 stars

Not much diving but interesting story

By
Jonas
on
10-17-08

Scuba Confidential

An Insider's Guide to Becoming a Better Diver

By:
Simon Pridmore

Narrated by:
Craig Beck

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
117

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
107

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
105

Scuba Confidential is a unique audiobook packed full of valuable tips and expert advice, giving you unprecedented access to the secrets of dive professionals and technical divers. With
Scuba Confidential, you will learn how to master skills and techniques that will make you a more confident, capable, and safe diver.

5 out of 5 stars

A must read for all divers

By
Michael H Gabrielson
on
02-25-15

Crashing Through

A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See

By:
Robert Kurson

Narrated by:
Doug Ordunio

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
454

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
200

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
197

Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery could restore May's vision.

5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding!

By
K. R. Phillips
on
06-27-07

Blind Descent

The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

By:
James Tabor

Narrated by:
Don Leslie

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
281

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
172

Story

4 out of 5 stars
172

Blind Descent explores both the brightest and darkest aspects of the timeless human urge to discover—to be first. It is also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering and ocean exploration pale by comparison.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing Courage!!

By
RGH
on
11-07-10

Dark Descent

By:
Kevin F. McMurray

Narrated by:
Michael Prichard

Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
67

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
38

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
39

At more than a hundred feet deep in the frigid Gulf of St. Lawrence, diving the Empress is like trying to navigate an unfamiliar sixty-story building lying on its side at a forty-five-degree angle, in pitch blackness with only a flashlight. In
Dark Descent, Kevin McMurray takes us deep into the bowels of the lost ship, first to relive her tragic death and then to join the divers who have probed the wreck's secrets. It's an adventure from which some divers don't return.

2 out of 5 stars

unfortunately abridged

By
peter
on
02-12-10

Amazing Diving Stories

Incredible Tales from Beneath the Deep Sea

By:
John Bantin

Narrated by:
Dean Williamson

Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
25

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
19

Story

4 out of 5 stars
20

A collection of thrilling diving stories.There's everything from classic tales of wreck discoveries to encounters with beautiful and bizarre creatures beneath the waves. There are stories of death and disaster as well as bravery and triumph. Each tale has been chosen to stoke the fire of divers everywhere and some are illustrated with colour photographs.Take the plunge and read about the diver who discovered how to put sharks in a trance and the marine biologist who lost a limb trying to prove that sharks were safe to swim with.

2 out of 5 stars

Not into it

By
Dusty roads
on
02-03-16

Thirteen

The Apollo Flight That Failed

By:
Henry Cooper

Narrated by:
J. Paul Guimont

Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
867

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
789

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
785

"Houston, we've had a problem here." On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in incomparably grave danger.

4 out of 5 stars

Very technical

By
Daniel
on
04-01-15

The Tiger

A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

By:
John Vaillant

Narrated by:
John Vaillant

Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
578

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
422

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
425

It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren’t random: the tiger is apparently engaged in a vendetta. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again.

4 out of 5 stars

Very well written and a must for Big Cat fans

By
Richard
on
09-10-10

Sealab

America's Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor

By:
Ben Hellwarth

Narrated by:
Christa Lewis

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
42

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

Sealab is the underwater Right Stuff: the compelling story of how a U.S. Navy program sought to develop the marine equivalent of the space station - and forever changed man's relationship to the sea. While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the U.S. Navy launched a series of daring experiments to prove that divers could live and work from a sea-floor base.

5 out of 5 stars

An excellent story of adventure and discovery.

By
R. Smith
on
08-11-15

Conspiracy

Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

By:
Ryan Holiday

Narrated by:
Ryan Holiday

Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
597

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
551

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
546

In 2007, a short blogpost by Gawker Media outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel as gay. Thiel's sexuality had been known to close friends and family, but he didn't consider himself a public figure, and believed the information was private. This post would be the casus belli for a meticulously plotted conspiracy that would end nearly a decade later with a $140 million dollar judgment against Gawker and its bankruptcy. Only later would the world learn that Gawker's demise was not incidental - it had been masterminded by Thiel.

3 out of 5 stars

good story, bad narration

By
Robert Levin
on
03-10-18

Skeletons on the Zahara

A True Story of Survival

By:
Dean King

Narrated by:
Michael Prichard

Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
464

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
425

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
425

Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the bone-dry heart of the Sahara. The ordeal of these men - who found themselves tested by barbarism, murder, starvation, death, dehydration, and hostile tribes that roamed the desert on camelback - is made indelibly vivid in this gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.

5 out of 5 stars

Haunting

By
thawstone
on
06-05-16

Scuba Professional

Insights into Sport Diver Training & Operations

By:
Simon Pridmore

Narrated by:
Simon Pridmore

Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
43

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

Scuba Professional is not only for professionals. Serious divers who take more than a passing interest in their hobby and want to know what goes on behind the scenes will be fascinated by the topics addressed and the insights offered. From a dive safety point of view, Simon looks at the bigger picture and, in a series of chapters on avoiding and handling accidents, sets out a framework for developing the safety culture within our sport.

5 out of 5 stars

Such a great book, Simon is a Dive God!

By
Ryan
on
11-18-17

The Right Stuff

By:
Tom Wolfe

Narrated by:
Dennis Quaid

Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
544

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
511

Story

5 out of 5 stars
506

Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure: namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers that made
The Right Stuff a classic.

5 out of 5 stars

Righteous Book, Righteous Narrator, Righteous MEN!

By
Gillian
on
02-08-18

Editorial Reviews

Why You Should Download This Audiobook: At the heart of this true story are two larger-than-life characters who risk everything to uncover the wreck of a WWII submarine. It is their relationship, friendship, and loyalty that make this more than just a fascinating account about the world of wreck diving. The narration by Michael Prichard is note-perfect: You actually forget that you are being read to, so you are free to experience this amazing story as though you are underwater with the divers and submariners.

Publisher's Summary

In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat, complete with its crew of 60 men, not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they became expert and well-traveled researchers, taught themselves German, hunted for clues in Germany, and constructed theories corrective of the history books, all in an effort to identify this sunken U-boat and its crew. During that time, three of their colleagues died exploring the wreck, including a father and son team. In 1997, when it all seemed in vain, the two divers came up with a final plan, so dangerous that the book ends with this last dive.

Listen to an interview with
Robert Kurson on C-SPAN Booknotes from July 11, 2004.

Critic Reviews

Alex Award Winner, 2005

"While Kurson doesn't stint on technical detail, lovers of any sort of adventure tale will certainly absorb the author's excellent characterizations, and particularly his balance in describing the combat arm of the Third Reich. Felicitous cooperation between author and subject rings through every page of this rare insightful action narrative." (Publishers Weekly) "A fascinating look at the sometimes communal, sometimes bitterly competitive psychology of wreck-divers, weekend warriors in wet suits whose dangerous hobby is often an antidote to the frustrations of the workaday world." (Booklist) "The story told in Robert Kurson's new book features undersea thrills, a gripping mystery, incredible discoveries, true-blue friendship, life-or-death crises and history unfolding....Written with great you-are-there intensity and dynamic verve." (The New York Times) "From U-boat history to the mortal dangers of diving (disorientation is so common that you wonder only three men drowned on this quest), Kurson explains it all, even as he's spinning a fantastic yarn that happens to be true. All he leaves out are the boring parts." (Newsweek)

GRIPPING!

IPOD plus headphones at 3 AM....I couldn't stop listening to this superb story of adventure, history, courage, tenacity....The author superbly weaves several tales together to create such a beautiful fabric of a story. This is one of the best, if not the best, of my many audible experiences. Please only get the unabridged version: I wouldn't miss a drop of this story.

True Adventure Under the High Seas

A fascinating view into the world of what has to be the most extreme of extreme sports, deep wreck diving. Kurson conveys a treasure chest of historical and technical information, all wrapped in a gripping high-tension narrative. What is most fantastic is the fact that it?s true-every word.

The story invites comparison to works such as ?The Perfect Storm? and ?Touching the Void?; but it transcends those works and others of the genre by allowing the story to stand on its own. Knudson conveys what drives these men through the sheer power of description and story. He doesn?t interject himself or attempt to process the information for us. His meticulous research and winning prose style render that unnecessary.
Listeners will be treated to an education in wreck diving as well as a slice of history. The fear and excitement is palpable in every dive. This is a one of a kind story.

An Excellent Read!

As a listener to fiction, (and mostly mystery) I hesitated to download Shadow Divers. However, I had heard an interview with the author on NPR and the book seemed so compelling, I had to go for it. I wasn't disappointed! The book is filled with mystery and adventure and the interview with the two main divers at the end was unexpected and fantastic.

As exciting as the best fiction adventure novel.

I was surprised that this book does actually live up to the praise of the listeners? reviews. Besides being a fascinating treatise on the ultra-dangerous sport of deep wreck diving, this true story reads like fiction. Extremely well researched and organized, Kurson introduces and describes each real-life person so that the reader/listener knows and identifies with him personally, each sharing a strong connection to either the love of wreck diving, or the mystery of the phantom U-boat.

The book is rich with detail that aptly serves to explain the myriad complexities and inherent dangers of deep water diving. For the first time in my life, I finally understand the physiology of ?decompression? and why it is vitally mandatory for any diver to complete before surfacing. The descriptions of that diving affliction known as ?the bends? makes one appreciate just one of the myriad ways a person can perish exploring the deep.

The human side of each character is developed, so that one can understand that the participants are all just everyday real people, complete with all of the foibles and frailties that each of us possess. This added to fullness of the story and helped bring it to life for me.

Very engaging and highly recommended for lovers of fiction, non-fiction, history, adventure or mystery.

Fascinating!

I am not usually a non-fiction reader, but picked this up last month based on reviews. I cannot say enough great things about it. It was well written, well narrated, and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole listen. I highly recommend this book. I found myself hurrying home in the evenings to listen to the next chapter! I hated for it to come to an end. Listen to this book!

Wow! Enter a world most will never experience

I am not a diver and not necessarily a World War II buff, but I loved this book. The compelling human way in which this mystery is presented is truly a feast for those of us addicted to character development, the unfamiliar, and suspense. This story takes the listener to another time when the world was at war and another place at the bottom of the ocean where life and death are one. Along the way, it teaches us a little bit about who we are.

Unbelievably Riveting

I couldn't stop listening to this book. I stayed up late listening until I was a zombie at work. The narrator is perfect for the material & the material is facinating & emotionally gripping. There is a section after the epilogue where the author details his sources. Be sure to listen after that for an interview with Chatterton and Kohler conducted by the author after the print version of the book was published.

Great Story- No Scuba Diving Required!

This incredible true adventure is one of my favorite Audible listens.

The diving scenes are tense, and I found myself holding my breath each time they dove to 230 feet to explore the boat. Searching the boat must be done with extreme care due to the depth, but also the danger of getting trapped inside where there is debri that could fall at the wrong touch. Added to the danger, they take care not to disturb the remains of the men who perished on the boat.

However, most of the story is above water, about two dedicated men who will not give up until they find out the mystery of the boat found off the coast of New Jersey. This takes them almost 7 years to wade through the red tape and brick walls that seem to interfere at every turn.

John Chatterton and Richie Kohler become almost obsessed with their quest to find out the name of the WW II U-Boat. It takes over their lives so completely that they both eventually lose their marriages.

Amazingly only three men in Chatterton's dive group lost their lives while attempting to get identification off the boat. In such deep waters, they could only stay down about 30 minutes per dive, or risk getting Narc'd -resulting in extreme confusion and bad decisions which could cause a rise too quickly to the surface. This is where the term "the bends" comes from- and is so painful that one of the men begs to be shot rather than endure it.

I really like the narrator as well. His voice didn't distract from the story, which almost is told like a documentary. Worth the credit.

An amazing story of Perseverance and Determination

Any additional comments?

Although "Shadow Divers" isn't a story of survival, I couldn't help but feel that it was as I listened. Not only is the story itself fascinating, this book is an amazing example of undeterred perseverance and determination. These two divers single handedly changed the history books, and in effect, brought peace to the U-boat crew's families.

The author does a great job of intertwining history to give the story a greater perspective. If you love adventure, history, and drama in one - you'll love this book.

Absolutely a great book

If you like nautical history this is a great book for you. I am not a diver and was pleased to get such a great education on diving from this book as well as a lesson on the history surounding the events. 6 stars would be more appropriate. Other that I personally know that listened to or read this book share my opinion of "amazing".

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

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5 out of 5 stars

William

09-06-09

One of the best audio books I've ever listened to

This is probably the best book I've ever listened to on audible, the narration is fantastic and the book is totally gripping, I couldn't put it down. The book is much more that the summary says. The interview with the divers and the author at the end of the book is a fantastic addition.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

M A Kirkland

03-31-10

Excellent

This title provides a fascinating insight into the world of deep wreck diving. It describes the dangers they encountered particularly in the early years when they breathed oxygen and narcosis was a constant and dangerous presence on their dives. Also the dedication of the divers as they risked their lives time and time again to find another piece of the puzzle.

I've never dived and never really considered just how dangerous diving can be but this story makes you appreciate the bravery, sometimes the foolhardiness but always the dedication to their sport of the early pioneers of deep wreck diving.

Truly rivetting.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Matti

01-15-10

Absolute masterpiece

Being a diver myself, this book was an absolute masterpiece. I Can't wait for the film.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Paul

12-23-12

A unique and dangerous discovery.

This is a great listen, another one of those I struggled to switch off when I should have been sleeping, working or being sociable! This story ticks lots of boxes for me; history, exploration, mystery, suspense, drama, human tragedy and endeavour and it's all true! One note of caution: If you suffer from claustrophobia as I do, you might have a few troubled nights of sleep.

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Karen

11-10-11

non-diving girlie

I am a girlie girl who is terrified of the sea and I loved this book, it took a while for me to get into it and I had to speed up the narrator to cope with the accent but it didn't matter because the story is so good. I got mixed up with the names of the characters too, but again it didn't matter. A great big thumbs up and highly recommend to listen, I'm gutted it's finished!

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Barry

06-12-11

Shadow Divers

This is my first ever review here, ive bought many books here and not bothered to leave a review past the 5 star system, but with this book I felt the need to break my silence!
Here is something else for you to mull over before we continue, I haven't actually even finished the book, Im still 3/4 of the way through it!

This book is dangerous!
Because of this book I have arrived into work late, spent longer on my lunch break that i should and the general quality of my work has dropped due to a lack of sleep the night before.
I cannot put this book down (turn it off).

This is a amazing adventure, made more so by the fact that its real.
At first I was not too fussed on the narrator if im honest but that sticking point seemed to vanish shortly after the first one or two chapters, although it does grate when he says "sub-marine-rs" instead of "sub-marin-rs" but thats a personal grip (dont get me started on Xpecially and Nitch).

The story is fast paced, well written and leaves you wanting more at the end of each chapter, "just 10 more minutes and I promise i'll switch it off and go to sleep"

Listen, im rubbish at reviews, so i'll end this one with this. Ive bought about 15 books here to date, ive not felt the need to review any of them, I did with this, and ive not even finished it yet!,
Read this book, you will love it, if you dont blame me.